Baseball Heads to Florida State For Wednesday Showdown

MACON, Ga. – After Tuesday's contest at Florida was postponed, the Mercer Baseball team heads to Tallahassee, Fla. to face Florida State on Wednesday evening. The game is a make-up of the postponed March 2 game. First pitch is set for 6 p.m.

GAMEDAY LINEUP
Teams: Mercer (13-10, 2-1 SoCon) at Florida State (12-8, 8-7 ACC)
Location: Tallahassee, Fla. | Dick Howser Stadium
Wednesday: March 31 | 6 p.m. | Live Stats

Projected Rotations:

Wednesday: RHP Taylor Lobus vs. RHP Jack Anderson

Batting Practice

Mercer's Bill Knight was named the Southern Conference Player of the Week on Monday. This is the fifth time this season the Bears have taken home player or pitcher of the week honors.
Last week, Knight hit .438 with seven RBI. He drove home six in the first game of the doubleheader against Wofford on Saturday and finished a triple shy of the cycle.
Since the 2010 season, Mercer has won the most games out of all the Division I Baseball teams in Georgia. The Bears have won 407 games and are the only team to have 400 wins during this stretch.
Mercer saw its eight game-winning streak snapped in game two of the doubleheader against Wofford, however, the Bears have won eight of their last 10 games.
The Bears lead the Southern Conference with 47 doubles, which ranks 20th in the NCAA. Mercer is averaging 2.04 doubles per game, the 45th best mark. Twelve different Bears have hit a double, and the team is led by Angelo DiSpigna's eight two-base knocks.
RJ Yeager has started every game at shortstop since he arrived on campus as a freshman. He has currently started 163 consecutive games. Yeager will make his 164^th career start on Wednesday.
Mercer was picked to finish second in the 2021 Preseason SoCon Coaches and Media Polls. The Bears were picked behind Samford in both polls.
Mercer is one of just four NCAA Division I programs to win at least 35 games in each of the past 10 full seasons, joining LSU, Florida State and Vanderbilt.
Since 2010, the Bears are the winningest Division I baseball program in the state of Georgia. The Bears have won 401 games, seven more than Georgia Tech who is second on the list.

Series History
Series: Florida State leads the all-time series, 47-8
First Meeting: 1975 – Florida State 4, Mercer 0
Last Meeting: 2020 – #11 Florida State 9, Mercer 8
Streak: L25

Scouting Florida State
Florida State enters the midweek contest with the Bears holding a 12-8 overall record and an 8-7 mark in the ACC. The Seminoles are ranked in the 18^th in the D1 Baseball.com Top-25 Poll. Florida State has dropped its last two games, 8-7 and 12-10, to Wake Forest this past weekend in ACC play.

As a team, Florida State is hitting .250 on the season with 30 home runs and 29 doubles. Tyler Martin and Matheu Nelson lead the team with a .344 and .343 batting average respectfully. Nelos also leads the team with 10 home runs. Robby Martin has driven in 27 runs and leads the team. He is hitting .326 this season.

As a pitching staff, Florida State has an ERA of 3.28 on the season. The Seminoles will start Jack Anderson. This will be Anderson's first start of the season. He has pitched 8.1 innings this season in five appearances and has an ERA of 2.16.

Chase Haney leads the team with 14 appearances. He has pitched 11.1 innings and has recorded 16 punch outs. He has an ERA of 3.97 and opponents are hitting .275 off him.

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Baseball Heads to Florida State For Wednesday Showdown

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